Saved by Presence of Mind.
A remarkable escape from a perilous position is reported by a New Jersey journal. It appears that a maehanic was sent to Rahway, N.J., to make some repairs to the machinery in a music-box factory. He had finished his work and the machinery was started to see if it worked smoothly. Something was wrong with one of the bearings. It was a small matter that he thought could be easily fixed, and without stopping the machinery he mounted a ladder to put it right. When he was at work, with his back to the rapidly whirling shaft, his blouse was caught in it. He felt a mighty tug which dragged him from the ladder. It seemed for a moment as if his weight failing suddenly would release his blouse from the shaft, but only for a moment. The blouse held, and he was drawn slowly but surely across the shaft and would have been mangle to death. But he realised what had occurred, and raising his arms to release the sleeves, he allowed the shaft to tear the blouse from his back and he fell to the floor, shaken but not otherwise injured. His presence of mind saved his life.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 108, 31 August 1896, Page 4
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